EU EASTERN BORDERS: Major increase in crossings in 2024 ― Polish presidency to focus on border security ― Polish government adopts controversial draft laws on migration and asylum ― Finland planning to extend controversial border law ― Slovak PM threatens to cut aid to Ukrainian refugees

EU EASTERN BORDERS: Major increase in crossings in 2024 ― Polish presidency to focus on border security ― Polish government adopts controversial draft laws on migration and asylum ― Finland planning to extend controversial border law ― Slovak PM threatens to cut aid to Ukrainian refugees

There has been a threefold increase in the number of recorded irregular crossings on the Eastern Borders route. The Polish government has made border security a priority of Poland’s presidency of the Council of the EU. The Polish government has adopted a controversial...
UK: People stranded on Diego Garcia for years finally relocated to UK ― Government signs joint statement with Iraq as part of its ‘Smash the gangs’ policy ― Small boat arrivals surpass 20,000 since change of government ― France warns of ‘showdown’ with UK over irregular Channel crossings ― More evidence of ‘brutal and inhumane’ conditions in UK migration centre revealed ― Final asylum applicants leave Bibby Stockholm barge

UK: People stranded on Diego Garcia for years finally relocated to UK ― Government signs joint statement with Iraq as part of its ‘Smash the gangs’ policy ― Small boat arrivals surpass 20,000 since change of government ― France warns of ‘showdown’ with UK over irregular Channel crossings ― More evidence of ‘brutal and inhumane’ conditions in UK migration centre revealed ― Final asylum applicants leave Bibby Stockholm barge

Most of the people who have been stranded on the remote Indian Ocean island of Diego Garcia for more than three years have finally been relocated to the UK. The government has signed a joint statement with Iraq, as part of its efforts to tackle the people-smuggling...
UK: UK signs agreements with Western Balkans countries to tackle people smuggling ― Officials express doubts about government’s ‘smash the gangs’ policy ― Asylum applicants stranded on Diego Garcia finally allowed to enter UK

UK: UK signs agreements with Western Balkans countries to tackle people smuggling ― Officials express doubts about government’s ‘smash the gangs’ policy ― Asylum applicants stranded on Diego Garcia finally allowed to enter UK

The UK has signed agreements with Kosovo, North Macedonia and Serbia as part of its efforts to tackle people-smuggling gangs. Officials have cast doubts over the government’s efforts to dismantle the people-smuggling gangs that are responsible for many of the small...
AIDA Country Report on Ukraine

AIDA Country Report on Ukraine

The AIDA Country Report on Ukraine provides a detailed analysis of legislative and practice-related developments in asylum procedures, reception conditions, detention of asylum applicants and content of international protection in Ukraine in 2023. It is the first AIDA...